Anyone else on the dreaded IVF two week wait?

This is my first round of IVF ever...had my embryo transfer last Saturday (12.3.16) and just wondering if anyone else if going through the dreaded 2ww and would like to chat / share their experience. Our cycle seemed to go pretty well - had one day 5 hatching blastocyst put back in and had another 5 frozen. I'm trying to keep my mind off every cramp, ache and pain and be relaxed about everything but it's just sooo hard!

Hi Polar, I'm not there yet (see my thread pre-IVF limbo) but I wanted to wish you well. Sounds like it's going really well so far - fingers crossed. Do you have to go into work or can you relax and watch box sets? Good luck in any case, fingers crossed and for you

Wow - just seeing these responses has given me a boost...thanks for all your well wishes ladies. It's great to know there's other people in the IVF boat...it can feel pretty lonely sometimes!

Good luck to you too Rebecca I run my own business from home - it's weddings based so pretty busy at the mo, but at least it's keeping my mind off it.

Honeybee, is your blood test a pregnancy test? I've just been given a clearblue...not sure if I have to do bloods at some point too.

McPheeNicks and Everhopeful - good luck with your tests! Mines Good Friday and I'm dreading it. I am blessed to have one DD who is 3y9m. We tried for 3 years before conceiving her (randomly and naturally) and I didn't find out I was pregnant till 8 weeks as I couldn't stand taking any more tests and getting a negative.

Hi Polar81- wow, that's great you had one put back and 5 to freeze! Great outcome, fingers crossed for you!! Hope you are getting a chance to rest up. I had my ET on Sunday, 2nd time at IVF for us ( we have a 21 month old from our first go!) The 2ww is a lot harder with a toddler biting at my heels!!! I've not had any symptoms at all....mind you I don't recall getting any first time round either.

Hi, yes my blood test is a pregnancy test. I asked if I should just take a test at home and they said no, they always do a blood test as more accurate (I thought pregnancy tests were pretty accurate!), they'll do the test in the morning and results back a few hours later. Blood test detects hcg levels.

GlummyMummy - that's great that the IVF worked the first time round and good luck with it this time too. I like hearing success stories In terms of symptoms, I've just felt quite crampy (mild-ish period feeling), which I hate because I keep thinking my AF might come. I have read that it is the ovaries readjusting themselves after all the stims though and try to put it to the back of my mind.

Honeybee - good luck with the bloodtest and I hope it comes back BFP.

Ilikesweetpeas - I'm looking forward to not having to think about fertility / IVF anymore...it seems to have dominated my thoughts for so long now (even with my DD). Here's hoping that we can complete our family soon

I'll try and check back on this thread and would be great to compare experiences and share outcomes if anyone is interested.

Great to see I'm not alone. Hoping great success for us all. This is my second FET of our second IVF. Still six more embryos in the freezer.

I'm not feeling too bad today (ignoring the hormonal mini meltdown in the morning over "it's never going to work", and "I'm so fat and ugly and hate all my clothes" ). It looks quite nice outside today, and I'm managing to function like a normal person so far. I hope you're all keeping sane and managing to catch a bit of sunshine.

Lol McPheeNicks! It's funny how mood can change so quickly - I've definitely had those moments of 'it's just never going to work, why are we bothering', followed y googling potential baby names etc and feeling optimistic! I blame the hormones

I have been so hungry today, and my appetite had been appalling for months. Maybe that's a sign but probably be too early. Been told the hcg trigger shot would likely be in my system till tomorrow, so maybe that's why I feel different. It's a mind blow

Hi ladies. Can I please join you on the 2ww thread? I had my embryo transfer today so into the waiting game now.

Its our first cycle, and had 1 decent quality day 5 blast put back. I had 6 eggs collected, 4 fertilized, but 1 stopped developing. The one I've had put back was the best and they're giving the other two til tomorrow to see if they continue to develop and can be frozen.

How are you all getting on with the wait? Honeybee at 9 days after transfer I can totally understand you wanting to test early -is it your blood test tomorrow? Looks like Easter Sunday is a big day on this thread! Good luck to everyone x

I'm off for 2 weeks. Fortunately my leave year just started so I decided to just take the time off. To be honest though Im not sure whether it's totally a good idea as I reckon by next week I might be thinking I'd welcome the distraction of work! Hope you're managing ok being back in and its helping to focus on something else for a while.

I was pretty bloated and sore after the collection until the day before transfer, but don't have any symptoms at all now. Don't think the progesterone is really affecting me so far. I imagine it's really stressful for you if it's mimicking the symptoms of early pregnancy.

I know what you mean about testing early. The clinic gave us the date of the 3rd to test, which is 11 days post transfer. I didn't know with ivf whether this was still early or the fact that it's a day 5 embryo means it's really >2 weeks?! I'm pretty new to all this so just doing what they tell me really.

Get stuck into some box sets on Netflix to take your mind off it! The 2ww must be the hardest part, as there's nothing we can do really, just wait.

I think blastocysts can mean that we get an accurate result earlier. I remember last time when I had a fresh cycle I tested on day 11, not day 14 as I'd been instructed to do, and it was an accurate bfp.

Have you started taking pregnancy vitamins? I've been taking folic acid but not sure whether to start pregnacare or something now or wait until I know if it's successful or not.

Yeah it's pretty much out of our hands now isn't it, besides being sensible.

I think movies and box sets is the way forward . Got a pretty busy Easter weekend so that should keep me occupied, but yeah next week I will need the distraction!

Been taking the seven seas 'trying for a baby' tablets but am about to run out and still have folic acid tablets left over so I think I will probably just take them until I know the outcome. My notes say vitamins aren't necessary if you have a healthy diet but obviously recommend the folic acid.

Yeah first cycle for me. How many have you done? Did getting a bfp on day 11 last time stress you out for a few days wondering I'd it was real? I know you said you were reluctant to test early this time for fear of that.

I am testing on Easter Sunday, so am in the last couple of days madly symptom spotting. Considered testing early but am nearly there now, and can then relish in a couple of hopeful extra days of pregnant blissBox sets are the way to go. Last week I binged my way through happy valley and watched 4 episodes of Night Manager. What symptoms are you experiencing for progesterone mimicking early pregnancy? I have found the pessaries quite a irritant locally which am slightly convinced is a UTI but its probably just thoseStay calm and good luck!!